There is no denying the fact that men and women are not built the same way. Also true is the fact that both men and women gain weight as the years pass. With the ever worsening global obesity epidemic coupled with today’s busy but somewhat sedentary lifestyle, the average weight gain for adult men between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four has now risen to about 2.7 pounds from an earlier figure of 1.7 per year while that of women of the same age has risen to 2.2 from 1.4.
Posts Tagged ‘exercise’
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January 5th, 2012
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December 23rd, 2011
Are you tired of slogging miles upon miles on the gym treadmill? Working out to lose some extra pounds doesn’t necessarily have to be boring or tortuous. You can still get in great shape and look good if you can explore your environment and find some creative and exciting new ways to get in shape while still having some fun. Becoming creative and having some fun with your weight loss effort gives you a far better chance of succeeding.
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December 21st, 2011
If you are in search of a weight loss method that can help you reduce weight and get into your desired shape in the shortest possible time with lasting long-term results, then it will be in your best interest to have a go at high intensity interval training – HIIT for short.
HIIT is a proven, time-efficient and safe interval training technique that to a great extent out-performs your traditional low intensity aerobic exercise techniques. Read more…
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December 21st, 2011
There was a time when the best advice from fitness experts was that you spend hours in the gym doing aerobic workouts in order to improve your cardio fitness, build better muscles and lose your stubborn extra belly fat. Well, there is a complete new twist to this and that is the use of high intensity interval training (HIIT).
Unlike other quick weight loss advices that most people consider ‘too good to be true‘, the beauty of short-term high intensity interval training is that it is Read more…
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December 20th, 2011
From whatever angle you may want to look at the plethora of quick weight loss fixes flying all over the place, the truth remains that healthy dieting and exercising remain the surest way to long term weight loss.
However, while both are very important to losing weight, of the two, certain concepts about exercising have over the years been somewhat misleading. In particular, there has been this general view that cardiovascular exercises such as aerobics, jogging, swimming, treadmills or biking were the quickest and most effective ways of shedding unwanted body weight. Read more…
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December 13th, 2011
For years the general norm of the fitness world has been that the best method to burn off extra body fat was through the adoption of low-intensity aerobic exercise. New studies have however proven that while you do burn some fat through this method, it is still not the most optimized and most effective method to get the best results from your weight loss efforts.
Majority of these studies have proven that High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a safe and far more Read more…
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December 13th, 2011
We have over the years been made to think that low-intensity cardiovascular exercises were the best methods to shed extra body fat. So, naturally the first thing that comes to most people’s mind when they want to start losing weight is whether to go power walking, jogging, cycling, skipping or even swimming to mention but a few.
There are actually studies which indicate that the lower the intensity of the exercise, the more the "percentage" of Read more…
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December 7th, 2011
If there is one issue that has over the years been very contentious among fitness experts, it would be no other than what is referred to as the Fat Burning Zone. A lot of heated discussions there have been with different experts offering divergent opinions on which is the best fat burning zone to be in to be able to effectively lose weight.
The fat burning zone as a phenomenon can be said to be a function of Read more…
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November 18th, 2011
Your weight is mostly a function of the balance between what you take in as food and the calories you burn up as energy. Logically, weight loss is bound to occur if a calorie deficit is created by increasing activities that will burn up more calories while at the same reducing your calorie intake through eating fewer calories daily. For instance, to lose 1 pound a week, you would need to expend 3500 more calories than you eat that week either through increased activity or reduced eating or combining both. Read more…
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November 14th, 2011
Being optimistic in life and the confidence it creates is generally considered important because it creates and sustains the motivation needed to reach set goals. However, there is a new twist to this argument as to how being optimistic affects ones chances of effectively losing weight.
Optimism has been shown by several researches to help individuals have stronger social relationships, lower rates of depression, reduce risk of death from cardiovascular diseases, become generally happier with life and have increased life span. With such remarkable effects, why then should being optimistic have any lesser effect on one’s weight loss efforts?